Collateral Damage Daily for July 31

Chris Sale is going through a dead arm period and will likely skip a start. The White Sox do not expect him to go on the disabled list. … Manny Parra has been dealing with left shoulder inflammation for almost a week. A trip to the DL is possible. … Mark Trumbo is dealing with upper back spasms and is day-to-day. There have been some unconfirmed reports that this is related to a subluxating rib. …Dan Haren will likely have his next start skipped because of back stiffness. The soreness is reportedly in a different area than what he was dealing with before. He is day-to-day. … Ryan Braun was out with blister on his hand yesterday but should return shortly. … Yasmani Grandal left yesterday’s game with a strained oblique and will likely need a trip to the DL. He’s going to take the next few days to treat the injury to see if he can avoid the DL. … Mark Teixeira left yesterday’s game after aggravating a left wrist injury from a few days ago. X-rays were supposedly negative, but he will have an MRI today. … Ryan Sweeney punched a door in frustration during yesterday’s game and injured a knuckle on the pinkie finger. Several bones could be injured in this fashion, but a typical one is the fifth metacarpal. The injury is known as a boxer’s fracture. Once tests are performed today, we should know the nature and extent of his injury.

Additions

Adam Lind was placed on the 15-day DL with a mid-back strain that didn’t improve over the last several days. The move was retroactive to July 26, so Lind is eligible to return on August 10. He is not expected to miss much more time than that. In the interim, David Cooper was recalled from Las Vegas.

Joe Thatcher was placed on the 15-day DL with right knee tendinitis. Being the landing leg for the left-hander, the structures around the knee must contract eccentrically—that is, contracting while being lengthened—in order to stabilize the leg. A greater amount of force can be produced and absorbed this way, but there are drawbacks. If the structures cannot take the force, they will fail. Thatcher’s tendon couldn’t stand the microtrauma and became inflamed. It usually takes about three weeks or so for the inflammation to subside. Brad Boxberger has been called up to take Thatcher’s roster spot.

Subtractions

Mitch Moreland was activated from the 15-day DL yesterday after he missed 40 days with a strained left hamstring. Moreland played in five rehab games in order to ensure that the hamstring would stand up to playing in back-to-back games because of those types of injuries propensity to linger. Moreland is expected to get the majority of starts at first base and hit lower down in the order. Leonys Martin was optioned to make room for Moreland.